BruenSryan

It's been 133 years since Ireland recorded its highest temperature of 33.3C on 26th June 1887!

July CET was confirmed at 15.7C.

Finished with 102.5 hrs, third dullest on record, following the dullest June since 1993.

Dublin Apt dullest Julys 2020 (to 26th): 84.1 hrs 1944: 89.9 hrs 1986: 93.4 hrs 2002: 106.8 hrs 1957: 108.7 hrs 1981: 119.8 hrs

48.2 hrs of sun in the 20-day period at Dublin Airport from June 27 to July 16 2020. For comparison, the first 20 days of December 2019 (1st-20th) had 49.1 hrs.. and that was with shorter daylight...

Hope to never see the likes of Nov 2019 ever again. Damp type cold with Dublin being in the firing line for a lot of slow moving weather fronts and the dullest Nov since 1983. Was duller and wetter than Nov 2018 somehow. Only slightest bit of interest was the snow event that hit the peaks on 13th/14th which was decent for so early in the season. Enjoyed October for the most part whilst September despite a superb middle third was mediocre. I'd like an autumn akin to 1919, 2010 or 2016.

Thomastown (Co. Fermanagh) on only 23.3 hrs to 13th July..

I did prefer April 2015 over April 2020 though the latter was still a great month, just not quite as sunny here in Ireland in contrast to UK. I'd rather erase May 2015 from memory.. I would think we're due such a May soon.

I only really hated July from this summer and the last week of August was very poor too in Dublin. June was decent with good sunshine and largely dry. The main theme of the summer was the cool nature of it than a washout or notably dull here. Pretty forgettable all around really. Was much worse out west. April 2015 was our "summer". Much prefer it over "Summer" 2020 so far anyway though the second half of 2015 was much worse.

Certainly the worst start to July I have experienced here in Dublin. 16.5 hrs of sunshine in 8 days in July is atrocious, really is no getting away from that. I've had December weeks sunnier than that. Have had 45.2mm of rain too with mean max over 2C below avg around 17C. I had low expectations coming into this summer after spring but it still has managed to go below those expectations.

Often regarded as the best Irish summer since 1995 but I preferred 2018 over it. A pleasant June with a lot of usable weather, possibly the best July the country has had for overall combined warm and sunny weather (July 1955 was sunnier) whilst August was mediocre but passable.

1993. 2007 and 2008 were close but just about reached the magic 30.0.

I have rose tinted glasses for Summer 2010 being one of my personal favourites because of June and August - the latter was my sunniest since 1995 and haven't beaten since! August was on the cool side ending in grass frost but didn't bother me too much with it being sunny. July was ok, I've seen worse. I did enjoy 2009 too for another great June, August was indifferent whilst July being very wet but also of a convective nature so wasn't without interest.

No Jersey is not included in records. The 13 September 2016 max high at Gravesend (34.4C) is considered the overall high for the UK that year. However, every year from 2015 to 2019 had 34.0C or more which is unprecedented back to 1900.

Years and the overall max back to 1900 2019 38.7C 2018 35.6C 2015 36.7C 2006 36.5C 2003 38.5C 1995 35.2C 1990 37.1C 1976 35.9C 1957 35.6C 1948 35.0C 1932 36.1C 1923 35.6C 1911 36.7C 1900 35.1C

All I know: 2019 28th June 2018 25th June 2017 17th June 2016 18th July 2015 30th June 2014 18th July 2013 13th July 2012 25th May 2011 27th June 2010 27th June 2009 30th June 2008 28th July 2007 5th August 2006 11th June 2005 27th May 2004 8th June 2003 22nd June

From a Dublin perspective. 1. 2018 - No contest here. Best summer month of the period - June 2018, and a good July too. August was still dry and plenty warm days but very disappointing sunshine. 2. 2013 - Stupendous July. June was fine with a great first week and August was passable but like 2018 lacked the sunshine. 3. 2014 - Great June/July but deluge and cool August. 4. 2019 - Decent July but not a standout compared to some others. I enjoyed August for the most part too. I loathe June though. 5. 2016 - A very humid and frequently warm summer but lacked the sunshine throughout even in August. 6. 2015 - Pleasant June that was rarely warm but very dry and largely sunny. July was crap and August was mixed. 7. 2017 - Didn't like any of the months. June started off and ended poor with a decent mid-month period. First half to July was warm and dry but lacked the sunshine whilst second half was sunnier but also cooler and wetter. August was just rubbish.

May 2017 was definitely my personal favourite. Relatively cool first 10 days here due to onshore easterly wind but very sunny. There was also the warm period later on as touted by some. May 2018 comes up second for self-explanatory reasons. Really liked May 2016 too because another warm and sunny May. Last 4 days were especially nice. Much of May 2010 was cool but also sunny besides one temporary but really pleasant warm period perfectly coinciding with the weekend of the 22nd/23rd. Wasn't a fan of all other Mays that I can remember since 2010. May 2015 I loathe especially.

There was a major SSW in February 1989 and there was some downwelling in early to mid-March with a -NAM but it was temporary and had to wait 'til April for a more pronounced downwell.

The rain isn't even a problem much of the time here in the east of Ireland. Much of the "wet days" are drizzle or light rain for a few minutes due to low lying stratus cloud. Rarely get a proper wet day. The problem with Ireland is the lack of sunshine (have you seen the articles of people lacking vitamin D in Donegal) and if you want extreme weather or seasons, probably one of the worst countries in the world then.

December 1981.

January - Very boring. Second half was at least seasonable but it was not an exciting month at all with mainly dull conditions especially early on. February - Fantastic. Not much more to say. March - Actually enjoyed as there was good sunny intervals in between wet periods and the last two weeks were also very anticyclonic with fair amount of bright weather. April - Excellent Easter period but otherwise meh. May - Meh, too dull here and felt very cool. June - Atrocious. First half of June was one of my least favourite summer periods I've experienced, wet and at times very cool. Even the second half was largely disappointing here, had to wait until the 28th to get my first 20C. July - Alright. Decent for warm weather but lacked the sunshine generally. August - Best August in a while with sunny conditions scattered throughout the month and rather warm though mid-month was disappointing. Torrential rain on the 9th too. The wait for a "classic" August goes on. September - First half was dry and boring but 13th-20th offered plentiful fine weather and my favourite period all year. Last week or so though became rubbish. October - Generally quite good here compared to most with average rainfall and good sunny days. Temperatures nothing spectacular. November - One of the worst months I've seen. Lots of inclement weather with it being one of the wettest Novembers on record here and cold too but just too mild to snow. December - Overall pretty meh. First few days awesome with amazing sunrises/sunsets and at times seasonable including the great Xmas Day. 2019 overall a year I will not be returning to on the time machine very soon, contrast to 2018. Hopefully 2020 is more exciting.

-23.3C November record low, 100 years ago today.

27 Nov 2010 and 28 Feb 2018 be my favourite cold ones (considering what I've experienced anyway). Meanwhile, for summer... 8 July 2013 and 28 June 2018.

Can look at average days of snow falling/lying per month in different regions of the UK here: UK regional climates WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK Summaries of the climate characteristics of 11 regions of the UK In general, I find that March tends to have more days of snow falling than December but less days of snow lying which makes sense given solar radiation. December is my favourite month to be wintry and cold as a result but unfortunately it rarely works out for cold/snow compared to the other winter months.